======================================================================= GFA UPDATE ---------- Press Release ======================================================================= All prices are US $$$$ Ed.] GFA SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - NEWS RELEASES ENCLOSED DRAMMATIC RECEPTION OF COMPANY'S ANNOUNCEMENTS AT CeBIT '91 Hanover, Germany. March 20, 1991. GFA Systemtechnik GmbH, headquartered in Dusseldorf had very positive responses to its key announcements at CeBIT'91 this past week. First, the company announced the availability of GFA-BASIC for IBM compatible PC's. For the first time, programmers will be able to use the language's simple constructs to create applications that use Menu Bars, Windows, Alert Boxes, and Pop-up Menus under both the MSDOS and WINDOWS 3.0 operating systems from Microsoft. All GFA-BASIC programs written for Atari ST and Amiga are compatible to these new versions. The company also demonstrated for the first time the Atari TT version of GFA-BASIC. This new version brings to the TT compatibility with all software that has been written for the ST. GFA-BASIC is now compatible to all Atari, Amiga as well as IBM compatible programs. GfA basic for the TT is a reworked and expanded version of GfA Basic 3.5, which can now correctly operate in all resolutions. The 32 KByte ceiling for screen storage has been circumvented. The update from 3.5 to 3.6 costs about $35. And finally, the company announced the establishment of its U.S. subsidiary, GFA Software Technologies Inc. to support and market its products in North America. Demonstration versions of these products are available for evaluation. Also at CeBit, Hanover- The German company Richter - Richter provides a software package which can convert GfA Basic code to ANSI standard C. The special GfA Basic functions can be converted into C libraries. The basic version, which contains an extensive manual, costs $135, and the professional pack costs around $300. GFA SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - NEW RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Maurice Giguere Tel: 508-744-0201 GFA OPENS US SUBSIDIARY TO SUPPORT AND SELL GFA-BASIC! Salem, Ma. March 20, 1991. GFA Systemtechnik of Dusseldorf, Germany, publishers of GFA-BASIC for the ATARI ST and Commodore AMIGA announces the formation of GFA Software Technologies, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary, to support and market GFA-BASIC in North America. Maurice Giguere, the President of this new subsidiary, announced that his goals were to "expand the use of this powerful language by providing call-in as well as bulleting board access to GFA technical personnel to assist programmers in their development efforts." The company currently publishes GFA-BASIC version 3.5 for the Atari ST and AMIGA computers. The current list price of the Interpreter and Compiler are $94.95 and $54.95 respectively. Also, GFA has recently released GFA-BASIC for MSDOS and Windows 3.0 which will allow ST and AMIGA programs written in GFA-BASIC to run also on these platforms. The List Prices start at $249 for the MSDOS 286 version and range to $495 for the 386 Windows 3.0 version. GFA is committed to helping its customers gain efficiencies and extend the value of their investment in ATARI ST and AMIGA programs that are written in GFA-BASIC. For more information contact: GFA Software Technologies Inc. 27 Congress St. Salem, Ma 01970 Tel: 508-744-0201 Fax: 508-744-8041 VISA/MasterCard accepted MCI MAIL: MGiguere Salem, Ma. March 20, 1991. GFA Software Technologies, Inc. today announced the availability of GFA-BASIC on the Atari TT. The typical Atari user was very happy to see the number one BASIC for the Atari on this new generation of Atari computers. Frank Ostrowski, chief technologist for GFA said "this implementation will exhibit all the speed and functionality we have appreciated on the other Atari platforms". The product is shipping with both an Interpreter and Compiler. The List Prices of each are $94.95 and $54.95 respectively. GFA SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - BACKGROUNDER GFA Software Technologies, Inc is a wholly owned subsidiary of GFA Systemtechnik of Dusseldorf, Germany. GFA Systemtechnik has been supplying high technology tools and solutions to companies like Mercedes Benz and BMW through its affiliates around the world. Based on his experience with computer language editors and compilers, Frank Ostrowski, the chief technologist for GFA saw an opportunity to develop a powerful higher level language that would provide portability across the most popular PC platforms. One year ago Mr. Ostrowski began development of this product which would provide the basis for allowing programmers to easily create applications which not only could run on many computers, but also would conform to the "Graphic User Interface" which most users would be demanding on PC's as they had on the Atari line of computers. The corporate goal was then apparent: give a simple, well-known language powerful commands to accomplish this task and bring to the PC the user friendliness of the applications that were possible on Atari. Mr. Ostrowski as the original developer of GFA-BASIC for the Atari had now created a tool which not only provides the power programmers need for this task, but also the variety of platforms needed whereby these applications can run effectively. GFA Systemtechnik in Germany has attractive an aggressive group of bright young developers dedicated to bringing to the applications programmer tools which he can use to maximize the market size for the systems he develops. GFA Software Technologies, Inc is the US subsidiary responsible for supporting these products. <<<<*>>>><<<<*>>>><<<<*>>>>